A dinghy carrying 39 men, 11 women and a three-year-old girl has been escorted to Siracusano after having been intercepted by the Italian coast guard. It was the third such arrival in three days. 

Another boat, carrying some 25 Syrians was found aground off the Calabrian coast.

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